One character in this novel has quicklime smeared on her breasts, causing her child to die of starvation. A character in this novel whose name resembl
One character in this novel has quicklime smeared on her breasts, causing her child to die of starvation. A character in this novel whose name resembles a Spanish phrase meaning "filthy vomit," Lucio Vasquez, shoots a character known as the Zany, who had earlier killed a colonel for taunting him with the word "mother." The lawyer Abel Carvajal is blamed for the Zany's crime along with General Eusebio Canales, whose daughter ends up marrying this novel's protagonist. That protagonist is a man who is frequently described as being "as beautiful and wicked as Satan," Miguel Angel Face. The title character of this novel is a caricature of Manuel Estrada Cabrera, who ruled Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. For 10 points, name this dictator novel by Miguel Ángel Asturias.
One character in this novel has quicklime smeared on her breasts, causing her child to die of starvation.
{El Señor Presidente} [or The {President}]